Got a Green Idea? Win $25,000

[Fraser]

From the people that brought you the X PRIZE and the Google Lunar X PRIZE comes something new that's a little more down to Earth. However they also say it's crazy. But if you're handy with a video camera, care about the environment, and are interested in winning a nice chunk of spare [...]

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[trinitree88]

Fraser. Shut off all those headlights running during the daytime. If you're so blind you can't see me without my lights on, we get to burn your drivers license. Talk about a stupid waste of energy. pete

[eric_marsh]

I just ripped out a video with my pal Bodhi for the X Prize Green Crazy Idea contest. It's at http://www.youtube.com/groups_layout...crazygreenidea and is titled Cheap Energy Production Using Open Source Methods. The subtitle is "We don't need no sciency fictiony energy solutions." The direct link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9TrwwCR2P4

[eric_marsh]

I reviewed the competition's ideas. I particularly liked the one that would use wind generators on a car to catch the high speed wind flowing around it to create energy to propel the car.

[trinitree88]

I reviewed the competition's ideas. I particularly liked the one that would use wind generators on a car to catch the high speed wind flowing around it to create energy to propel the car.

eric. That one would only make energy while the car was sitting still,engine off.
pete

[eric_marsh]

eric. That one would only make energy while the car was sitting still,engine off.
pete

Yea I know. That was sarcasm on my part. The guy was advocating a perpetual motion machine.

[LotusExcelle]

*whew* i thought you were serious.

[eric_marsh]

Sometimes people don't get my humor. It is very dry and I often expect others to see the absurdity in what I'm saying but that doesn't always happen.

The same thing happened when I mentioned the military developing artificial intelligence in "smart" bombs and then took off on the next logical scenario, the philosophy spouting bombs of "Dark Star." Someone thought I was actually serious.

[sohh_fly]

im gonna come up with something,give me a century or two

lol

[eric_marsh]

I just tossed two more ideas into the pot. They are at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_HPD0tb-Z4

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLN61jkzRvw

[dgavin]

Sometimes people don't get my humor. It is very dry and I often expect others to see the absurdity in what I'm saying but that doesn't always happen.

The same thing happened when I mentioned the military developing artificial intelligence in "smart" bombs and then took off on the next logical scenario, the philosophy spouting bombs of "Dark Star." Someone thought I was actually serious.

Those "Dark Star" bombs were cool. Course someone with my sig would say that